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Palmetto law firm Kallins, Little and Delgado set a record by paying $10 a pound for Alyssa's 1,200-pound steer. The $12,000 sale price shattered the previous record of $9,450, according to David Mortimer, agriculture liaison for the Manatee County Fair.

"It was a great day at the fair," he said.

For Alyssa, a senior at Lakewood Ranch High School and member of the FFA club, it was her last time showing at the county fair.

"It's definitely a way to go," she said.

She already has big plans for her profits from the sale.

"I'm more than grateful," Alyssa said. "This is going to help pay for my college tuition, because I plan to go out of state."

The teen plans to major in animal sciences with a minor in agricultural sciences.

"Then I plan to go to large vet school," Alyssa.

Extra ambitious, she also wants to have a side specialty in reflexology.

Her mother came over to Finn's stall just after the record-breaking sale. She was proud of daughter, she said.

"She's very driven and passionate," Christina Riggio said. "She's very old-souled, kind of really wise for her years."